Political Hephzibah

Candidate A

Elected to the House of Representatives for XYZ state in 1999.  At different times, he chaired the House Committees on education and agriculture.

He was elected to the Senate in 2007. In 2008, he was a member of the National Assembly's Joint Committee on Constitution Review. In 2009, as chairman of the Senate committee on Public Accounts, he initiated and sponsored the Desertification Control Commission Bill. (Which concerns XYZ state)

 

In 2009, he spoke against the proposed ABC Dam. He stated that the other Dams had already reduced water flow drastically, and the DEF River was now the main source of water in the GHI River (located in XYZ state). He said the dams caused intense poverty, increased desert encroachment, migration and conflicts between arable farmers and herdsmen.

Source: Candidate A's Wikipedia page, edited 9 days ago

 

Candidate B

After his two-term tenure as governor of MNO state, Candidate B ran for the office of Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing the QRS District and won, succeeding his sister. He was appointed as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology and is also a member of the Senate Committees on Capital Markets and Finance. He also pushed a motion in the Senate to end the fuel subsidy regime in Nigeria which has been an excessive waste of the country’s national resources. As a member of the Senate, Candidate B has campaigned extensively on health, food security, education and the environment. He was appointed as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology and is also a member of the Senate Committees on Capital Markets and Finance. He also pushed a motion in the Senate to end the fuel subsidy regime in Nigeria, which has been an excessive waste of the country’s national resources. His work on the oil industry, has also led him to focus on arguing to strengthen laws relating to the clean up of oil spills. His National Oil Spill and Detection and Response Agency Amendment Bill seeks to ensure oil companies pay appropriate levels of compensation to communities affected by oil spills.

Candidate B has also intervened in the Lead Poisoning crisis in JKL State in 2010, and has supported the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, which ensures safe and healthy methods of cooking for millions of Nigerians while conserving the environment through reduced deforestation. He has been a lead campaigner in the areas of desertification and climate change in the Senate and across Nigeria. Candidate B sponsored a motion on the floor of the Senate to end Nigeria’s fuel subsidy regime. Other motions and private member bills he has sponsored include the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency Amendment Bill 2012, which was aimed at putting a halt to oil spills in the Niger Delta, the Gas Flaring Prohibition Bill 2012 and the Climate Change Commission Bill 2013.

Source: Wikipedia page for Candidate B, edited 12 hours ago

 

Which of these candidates would you have voted for as Senate President if you were given the opportunity to vote and why?

 

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